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ENDOCRINAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does endocrinal mean?
• ENDOCRINAL (adjective)
The adjective ENDOCRINAL has 1 sense:
1. of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions
Familiarity information: ENDOCRINAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
endocrinal; endocrine
Context example:
endocrine system
Pertainym:
endocrine gland (any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream)
Derivation:
endocrine (any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream)
endocrine (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)
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